Oil-burner system and torch therefor



P. WADE. OIL BURNER SYSTEM AND TORCH THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20. 1919.

Patented Sept. 21,1920.

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P. WADE.

olL BURNER SYSTEM AND TORCH THEREFoR.

1,353,683. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, |919. 21,

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@No1 m PERCY WADE, OF W'ASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUFIBIA, ASSIGNOR T6 THE WELDIT COMPANY, A PARTNERSHIP COFIEOSED OF PERCY WADE AND CARL L. CAIlE'RON,l 0F WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Y

OIL-:BURNER srsfrnlvi ann Tonen 'rrrnariFon.-

Speccaton of Letters Patent. l Patented Sept 1920;

Application led October 20, 1919. Serial No. 331,768.

To all whom 'it may concern Be known that I, PERGY WADE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burner Systems and Torches Therefor;

and I do hereby declare the following to be Y An object of this invention is to providel an improved system for oil burning torches for preheat'ing metal for welding purposes and to provide improved torches therefor.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved system for producing pressure for oil burning torches and to provide a system whereby pressure is produced by the water system of the city or locality Awherein the shop is located, and to provide auxiliary means for utilizing air pressure when such water system is disabled and thereby eliminate the necessity of constantly carrying a means for generating air pressure.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved means for mounting torches throughout the shop and to provide torches which may be held in any prede; termined position automatically and without manually manipulating the A further object of this invention is to provide an improved means for'distributing a plurality of torches throughout a shop.

A further object of this 'invention is to provide an improved system of heating and preheating metals for welding purposes.

A further object of this invention is" to provide a safety system for oxyacetylene welding and combine such a system with the means for generating pressure in an oil burning preheating torch.

A further object of this invention is to provide a torch that can be easily cleaned, one of simple and durable structure and one that can be taken out into stormy weather, and to provide a means for protecting a retort during stormy weatherl that is easily gotten out of the way when not so desired.

A further object of this invention is to provide a torch having a retort which when carbonized can' be easily cleaned' and'. to

them to cease working, and further to' provide for an easy'means of removing the carbonized residue from a retort of torch of this character. l

A furtherfobject of thisy inventionv is to'l y and improve the construction of an' simplifl oil burner.

wie; uns@ and Othefobjeas inl View the. invention' consists of the construction, the 'p combination and in detail of arrangement as hereinafter claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a diagrammatic lview of my system.

Fig. 2 is a medial longitudinal section partly in elevationl of my torch.

' Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Fig. 4t is a section at 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In detail the invention comprises a plurality of torches 2 pivotally mounted at 3 on rod et, said rod 4 telescoping into a pipe 5 and held by a lock nut at 6. Said pipe 5 is mounted on a transverse pipe 6, pipe 6 being anchored to wall 7. Torches 2 Vare fed by rubber hoses 8 from a pipe 9 through .'55 Y avoid the common trouble of popping ofV Y torches when they get too hot which causes more fully described and a pressure gage 10 controlled by a valvev 11,

Epipe 9 leading from a tank-12. Tank12 contains both kerosene, or other oil, and water, water being supplied through a con- 1 duit 13 and oil being supplied through 1a perforation 14, the said water being from the usual city watersupply and being under the ordinary city pressure-The water pressure is supplied through a conduit'l which Y' is connected to the city waterl supplyand connectedto the conduit 13. The supply of water for the tank 12 is regulated by means of a valve 16. A glassgage 17 is mounted on the end ,of tank 12 to indicate the rela- Y tive levels of water and oil in said tank.

It is obvious that liquids of lesser spei cific gravity than water when mixed that these liquids will remain in the upper portions of the tank as illustrated in the drawf ing in the tank 12 and that water enteringY sai-d tank through conduit 13 from a city water system under pressure of say forty lbs. per square inch will force the said lighter liquid, which in this case is usually kerosene, out through conduit 9 to the burners 2 under substantially the same pressure as the city Water system. lt is obvious urther that in filling tank 12 by the opening ot perforations 14 and the opening at 'the same time of a oook 18 that very little attention need be given to the lilling oit this tank and that it Willbe unnecessary to disturb the pressure or open any valves in relation to the pressure system inasmuch as the Water as supplied by the pressure system Will run out through the opening provided by oook 153 and Continue to do so while the tank is being lilled and that ali that is necessary to observe is when the oil begins to run Jfrom the spigot having oook 18, when it will be known that the tank 12 is lull.

ln detail the burner includes a retort oomprising a pieoe oi tubing 19 having en s plugged at 20 and 20. 'l`he plug 20 is perforated 21 and 22, receiving 'through peroration 21 a pipe 28 and through perforation 22 a pipe 24h. lipe 23 has allixed in its end a Washer 25, the purpose ot Washer 25 being to prevent liquid from running b aok in pipe 23 when the torohds in an angular position relative to the earthls surtaoe. Uil is admitted into retort 19 through pipe 23, isthere heated into a vapor by the usual aetion oiE the flame beneath a retort of this Character, the said flame in this case bei j through a tubular chamber 26 and the said tubular ehamber 26 being perforated at its top at 27 With preferably four 'reul disposed and of approl-imately the re diameter as illustrated. The vapors ated in said retort pass out through 2a and down and backward through the nozzle 28 into said chamber 26 and are mixed With air in the usual manner. Conduit is tubular and longitudinal relative to retort 19 and lprovided'with a plug 29 so that in oase of oarbonization or otherwise touling plug 29 oan be removed and conduit 24 quickly and easily cleaned. The strueture of retort 19, and itsrelation to conduit 2v such that it is obvious that any oarbonization can be quieklyjand easily eleaned out. Retort 19 is so mounted relative to chamber 26 that it joan be instantaneously detaohed therefrom ard the Whole burner quickly cleaned. The mounting` is as 'olloii/s: haar integral with chamber 26is a rectangular easing 30 perforated at 31 and 31 to reoeive the bituroated ends 32 and 82 aiiiized to retort 19. rlhus by the longitudinal movement of retort 19 the biturcated end 32 een be pulled from the pert'orations 31 and 3.1 and the latter' disassembled and removed from the chamber 25. yllhe retort is held in relative aliixed relation. to said chamber by a bearing 33 l'or a @over 34C. The cover Se is a storm protection pivoted at 83 so that by angular movement upon its pivot exposure can be regulated as desired. Retort 19 is further positioned and held relative to chamber 26 by strips 35. Aiiixed to charnber 26 is bar l perforated at 36 so as to form the pivot 3, and looked by a set sereiv 327 to a stud affixed to the side ot said chainber 26.

What l claim is:

1. ln combination, a Cylindrical oombustion Chamber made unitary with a retort oasing in the top of saio combustion elian'rer, and a retort mounted in said easing and slides mounted in said retort to enter perorations in said easing.

2. ln combination, a cylindrical Combustion chamber, a relatively smaller oylindrieal retort, said retort superposed orP said ooirbustion Chamber and mounted in a rectangular easing made unitary with said oombus* tion chamber, and the said mount eomprising pertorations in said easing and bifuroated ends upon said retort slidable in said perforations, and means for looking said slides in predetermined relation.

3. ln an oil burner, in combination, a retort, a cover for said retort, means mounting said retort by slides, and means for looking said slides9 said looking means formino' a pivot for said Cover.

Ll. ln combination, a cylindrical Combustion chamber made unitary With the retort easing on the top of said combustion shamber5 a retort mounted in said easing and means for mounting said retort in theoasing.

5. ln combination, a oylindrical oo tion Chamber, a retort superposed or combustion Chamber and mounted in 

